fish, and part reptile, camped in the shallows of an area known as Murraural, specifically at the junction of the Wollondilly and Wingeecaribbee rivers. It was here, while he basked in the sun, that the redoubtable fish-hunter, Mirragañ the quoll, glimpsed the light reflected from Gurangatch's eyes and endeavoured, unsuccessfully, to spear him. The quoll tried to force his prey back from the depths of the waterhole, where Gurangatch had sought refuge, by planting ever more bundles of nauseating slabs of millewa hickory bark here and there in the various soaks and pools. Gurangatch, wise to the plan, burrowed his way out, tunneling through the landscape, drawing the lagoon waters in his train, till he emerged on a high rocky ridge called thereafter Birrimbunnungalai, since it is rich in birrimbunnung (sprats) The features of the landscape were etched as Gurangatch wriggled and slipped across and under the terrain, in flight from his predator, or sometimes while directly fighting with him. When Mirragañ caught up with his prey, he would flail away at him with a club (boodee), while Gurangatch would strike by thrashing his tormentor with a whipping from his tail. The site now called Slippery Rock, native name Wonggaree, marks a point where they engaged in struggle for a long time, wearing the rock down so smoothly that people slip on it ever since. In a 2021 FlyLife article, Karl Brandt proposed the Australian lungfish as the inspiration for Gurangatch. Alternative spellings Gandangarra Gandangara Gundungura Gundungurra Some words boobal. (a boy) boombi (spring (of water)) bul'lan. (a woman) goodha (a child of either sex) gwan (shit). mullunga (a girl) murriñ (a man) warrambal (young). werriberri (tree ferns). Notes Citations Sources Aboriginal peoples of New South Wales Australian Aboriginal legendary creatures Macarthur (New South Wales) Southern Highlands (New South Wales)